1901 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for John Wilson Parish: Markinch; ED: 3; Page: 1; Line: 21; Roll: CSSCT1901_144 1901 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] The 1901 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 31 March/1 April 1901. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb. Database online
Record for John Wilson Name: John Wilson Age: 49 Estimated birth year: abt 1852 Relationship: Head Spouse's name: Mary Mercer Wilson Gender: Male Where born: Kirkcaldy, Fife Registration Number: 447/2 Registration district: Windygates Civil Parish: Markinch County: Fife Address: Cameron Bridge Cottage Occupation: Distillery Brewer ED: 3 Household schedule number: 6 Line: 21 Roll: CSSCT1901_144 Household Members: Name Age John Wilson 49 Head Mary Mercer Wilson 48 Wife Methil Andrew Wilson 25 Son Distillery Cooper Kennoway John Wilson 15 Son Coal Miner Drawer Markinch Marjory Wilson 12 Daughter Markinch Mary Wilson 8 Daughter Markinch Agnes Wilson 20 Daughter Yeast Factory Worker Markinch
1911 Scotland Census Scotlands People, 1911 WILSON, JOHN AND MARY (Census 447/2 3/ 9) Parish: Markinch 1911 Scotland Census [Scotlandspeople.com] The 1911 census was taken on Sunday 2 April under provisions in the Census (Great Britain) Act 1910. The records were released on 5 April 2011 following the end of their 100 year closure period. There were new questions relating to fertility of marriage: on duration of marriage; the number of living children born to each marriage; and the number alive at the time of the census. There were changes to several others: categories for people with disabilities were revised and the introductory section to the third report on the 1911 census refers to the intended use of the terms as: lunatic - in cases where the infirmity had been acquired during life imbecile - in extreme cases where the infirmity had existed from birth or an early age feeble-minded - in milder cases where the infirmity had existed from birth or an early age.
1911 WILSON, JOHN AND MARY (Census 447/2 3/ 9) Station Road, Windygates Markinch John Wilson Head 59 Mar Brewer Distillery Kirkcaldy Mary Wilson Wife 58 Wemyss Marjory Wilson Daughter 23 S Markinch Mary Wilson Daughter 18 S Markinch
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June 7 » Homer Plessy is arrested for refusing to leave his seat in the "whites-only" car of a train; he lost the resulting court case, Plessy v. Ferguson.
June 11 » The Limelight Department, one of the world's first film studios, is officially established in Melbourne, Australia.
July 4 » Western Samoa changes the International Date Line, causing Monday (July 4) to occur twice, resulting in a year with 367 days.
October 21 » Opening ceremonies for the World's Columbian Exposition are held in Chicago, though because construction was behind schedule, the exposition did not open until May 1, 1893.
November 8 » The New Orleans general strike begins, uniting black and white American trade unionists in a successful four-day general strike action for the first time.
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